新概念英语第三册课堂笔记：第12课Lesson 12
Life on a desert island
【New words and expressions】生词和短语
★desert island
荒岛
desert：沙漠背弃，遗弃
dessert：甜点
★unrealistic
adj. 不真实
★paradise
n. 天堂，乐士
A lot of people imagine the USA as their paradise. heaven：天堂，天国，也指死亡
★wretched
adj. 可怜的，艰苦的
miserable
lead a wretched/miserable/terrible life
★starve
v. 挨饿
starve to death
★element
n. 成分
★opportunity
n. 机会
golden opportunity
Opportunity knocks only once.
chance：表机会时能够与opportunity互换，表可能性时则不可There is a chance that I will see him
The chances are that he will be elected the president.
+of,to
★coral
n. 珊瑚
★Virgin Islands
维尔京群岛
★Miami
n. 迈阿密（美国最南的城市）
★dinghy
n. 救生筏，小船
★Caribbean
n. 加勒比海
★spear gun
捕鱼枪
★lobster
n. 龙虾
★tanker
n. 油轮
★genuinely
adv. 由衷地
He is genuinely thankful to me
genuine(adj.)
(n.)genuineness
★Robinson Crusoe
鲁滨孙.克鲁索（小说《鲁滨孙漂流记》主人公）荒岛生活
Listen to the tape then answer the question below.
听录音，然后回答以下问题。

What was exceptional about the two men's stay on the desert island?
Most of us have formed an unrealistic picture of life on a desert island. We sometimes imagine a desert island to be a sort of paradise where the sun always shines. Life there is simple and good. Ripe fruit falls from the trees and you never have to work. The other side of the picture is quite the opposite. Life on a desert island is wretched. You either。